Behavioral despair is differentially affected by the length and timing of photic stimulation in the dark phase of an L/D cycle

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1257-1262

  Schulz, D ^a   Aksoy, A ^a   Canbeyli, R ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behavioral despair; Depression; Forced swimming; Light treatment; Photic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENDER; HOPELESSNESS; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49349115823     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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